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News In Brief, Issue 12 2013
Word on the street is, Jesus was probably gay. And it’s Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr‘s word, so it’s probably true….
Hotels, Motels, Holiday Inns…
Watch the tour bus as a caricature of its passengers. It lugs ungracefully up Eiríksgata, heaves over the speed bumps,…
COME SEE OUR NEW HOTELS!
Five thousand metres somewhere above Colorado, I was sitting on an Icelandair plane called Askja and it struck me that…
A Quick Journey Of Music And Hannes Hafstein
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
The stately building at Grundarstígur 10 in Þingholt, one of Reykjavík’s most charming neighbourhoods, was basically a palace at the…
New Champagne Club Opens At Stígamót
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
A new fund raising Champagne club, for both sexes, opens on Thursday night in Reykjavík, at Stígamót -sexual assault crisis…
The Invisible Industry
by grapevine
To outside observers, Icelanders’ attitudes about whaling can seem monolithic: it is a part of our cultural heritage, our right…
Biggest Space Battle In History
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
Nearly 3,000 spaceships were damaged or destroyed in the biggest space battle of all times on Sunday, in video game…
Verslunarmannahelgi Is Coming! What Shall I Do?
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
Verslunarmannahelgi (“Merchants‘ Weekend”) initially came about because the first Monday in August was designated a statutory holiday for merchants and…
Paradise Lost?
by Shea Sweeney
“My predisposition is to seek asylum in a country with shared values. The nation that most encompasses this is Iceland….
The Sexy, Exciting Fishing Fees Saga
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
Last week was significant in Iceland’s political history. President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson decided to sign a bill into law that…
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In early 2010, a young man was arrested in Reykjavík on charges of stealing sensitive documents from local financial company,…
Furiously Chasing Tranquility In Ísafjörður
Through my travels, I’ve been lucky enough to meet a ton of Icelanders who have become some of my closest…
The Best of Reykjavík 2013: Activities and Fun-Times
Best Pool: Laugardalslaug Sundlaugavegur 30 Oh, we know, we know! Everyone has such strong opinions about their local pool and…
The Emotion Of Cold, Hard Science
Artist Katrín Sigurðardóttir is in-between three cats, on a square, in Venice. All three cats stare at her intently. She…
They Said What? (issue 8 2013)
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
“I will miss Sámur more than I will miss Ólafur. Ólafur can come and visit me but Sámur canʼt visit…
Tomorrow’s Party
The idea of Iceland as a music lover’s utopia is a recent one to surface, mostly inspired by an impressive…
Beauty Never Goes Out Of Style
After taking a hiatus in 2012 for the first time in 30 years, Miss Iceland is back! And it seems…
Welcome To The Fall
Fall founder Mark E. Smith: a fiend, a frontman, straight up punk or a living legend? Whatever your answer, you…
On A Date With Cindy Gallop: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
by Rex Beckett
“Bloody hell. Good god… It’s quite extraordinary, actually,” Cindy Gallop said mere minutes after walking into the Icelandic Phallological Museum….
It Wouldn’t Be A Grapevine Party Without…Some Music Of Course!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
It’s been ten years since the first copy of Grapevine saw the Icelandic midnight sun and that certainly calls for…
THE GRAPEVINE TURNS 10!
On the cover this issue are 10 people who have appeared on the cover of a past Grapevine issue in…